Guild Wars 2 kicks off a week of mounts and a month of weapons

Are you ready to ride around in style when Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire rolls around? Of course you are; Tyria is filled with animals that are large enough to ride on, players have been waiting to ride on them for half of forever. So it seems only fitting that this week has been officially designated as Mount Week, with several mount-related streams and developer diaries planned to let you know all there is to know about riding things around. The alternative is walking everywhere on your own two legs. Like an animal.

Not really into the whole mounting scene? That’s all right; perhaps you’d be more interested in the designing a weapon scene with the new Design-a-Weapon contest. It’s exactly what it sounds like – you come up with a weapon design that you would love to see in the game, and the community votes on the finalist designs to add a new look to the existing set of weapon designs. Or perhaps you’d like both. Ride around in style with your own custom weapon at your hip! It’s the best of all worlds.

In other Guild Wars 2 news, the team is running an anniversary stream this afternoon at 3 p.m.; you can watch the whole shebang below.